New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-30
HEARING THE AUTHORS READ.
CHICKERING HALL AGAIN CROWDED.
LOWELL, CURTIS. HOwELIs, WARNER AND OTHERS
FURNISH RARE fMrkRTAISMyNT.


Lo"ELL, CURTIS, HOwELIs, WARNER AND OTHERS
FURNISH RARE fMrKRTAISMpNT.
Inc only vacant seats In Chickcring Hall yesterday
afternoon were on the stage. The auditorium was
PACKED 10 It's utmost limit and nearly 200 person. In
ciuding considerable proportion Of womon, stood
around tho walls. 1t was bright, cheerful happy
ioohihB audience. On tho platform some fifty
authors publishers and others interested in the qucs
ton OF International Copyright and tho hundreds in
inc audience had como together to boar half dozen
OF these read selections from their writings The
listeners gathered slowly, and tho OF lettors
ie'surey on the platform from an ante ROOM
George william Curtis early hand and ocou-
pea a conspicuous seat In tho front tho right
OF the reading desk In tho next chair Charles Dud-
10y warner took his seat. whose presence at
tracted general attention no entered Edward
Eggeston, who got hearty bandshake from tho Rev.
Dr william Ormlston, and v no took the seat tho
lett corresponding to Mr.. CurtIss scat tho right
Close to these two the curly gray hair and
beard OF Parke Goodwin. william Dean Howells strosd
In apparently feeling much at ease no LOOKS a trhe
grayer than when no road on both afternoons OF tho
Authors Readings In tho spring OF 1885. Mr. Howells
made his way across the platform and around tho front
row OF chairs. Hero no by Mr.. Curtis who
extended his hand, and tho &c Easy Chair and the
" Editors Study greotod oaoh other warmly.
POEMS READ ny MIR. LOWELL.
MT Lowell presided. rs on tho previous day, but his
'""o was Hauc Qlletly. In tho background wore
number OF the younger generation Of authors, in.
Guiding Frank H. stockton, Thomas Nelson Page
Lawrence Hutton aud James wbtcomb Rioy, whom
Dr. EgscSton later called his IIoosIcr brother"
Among tho others on tho stage wero a. D. Randolph.
Joseph W. Harper. William H. Appleton, Robert u
Johnson. Richard Malcolm Johnston II. o. HoughtOn,
J. II. Glider, william Hamilton Gibson william Cary,
and the Rev Drs. Lyman Abbott, Philip Schuf, c. F.
Deems, c. H. Parkhurst and ". r. Davis,
Mr. Lowell first announced ono or two changes in
the programme, and then proceeded TO the first
Der, which WAS Poems By himself His first sslec-
ton was The Finding OF tho Lyrc," anu tho second
Aladdin" which. no said, was a favore with himself
although authors didn't like much OF their own writ
lngs These were folcv cd by After the Burial and
then Mr. Lowell raised the expectation " tho audience
70 high pitch by proposing to read Tho Conrn','
His reading was we'll received
Colonel Richard NJ Johnston kept the house In a
constant smile while he read Georgia sketch called
The Early Majority Of Mr. Thomas watts" aftor
Which Mr. Warner gave delshhl rendering OF The
Hunting Of tho Roar" Tho facetous narrative proved
highly entertaining. and IT was read with marked skin
and effect
Thomas Nelson Pseo. whose dialect stories have
made tho Richmond lawyer widely known appeared In
chara',er SO to sPeahthat s. he rad the Christmas
negro dialect TO good purpose although his cnuncIa
ton was so rapid that not even tho people in the
front seats could catch every word
Mr. iIowcllss selection was from his latest novel
April Hopes and Mr stockton's was part o.
" Prince Ilassak's March" Tho personality Of both Of
those wcll Known wri"rs wa more interesting than
their elocufionary abilities Opera glasses freely
turned upon them. but mRnv In tho audience would
have prefer rcd ear trumpcts for the occasion.
Mp. CT lis HF,ps FrOM MS "PoTIPuAR PAPFHS"
Tho Now Livery from the "Pciirhar Papers,
put down Mr. Curiis's selection when Mr.
Lowell rose 10 announce Il he said that 1hlckcray
thlyRI years ago pronounced tho Pot phar Papers
tho most important production that American letters
had brought forth. Mr.. Curtis warmly greeted
ms he ro-c. lie sad that his slrct related 90 cx-
tnct soc ciy, and he dcporcd with consummate sar-
casm TO puma condition 10 which society would have
fallen had tho ideas thcc rcictfcd 10 not been ahan-
douel As 20 road In his customary happy manner
Of Mrs Pot phar tho Hov. Cream Choose, tho Seem-
downs and tho Oibos n evident that his auditors
were vincod that tho clever satire upon social
dtlons and ambitions IN 1881 was by out OF
place AZ app cd TO society In 1881.
VI. LO"el n"Nt announced that lnttrrs had been
received from bancroft. Whittier. Holmes T.. C. Stcd-
man. Henry James II. ". Glider John Hay. General
lev Wa Ia 9. O. H. IIOknr and T.. l. Stevenson but
none 81 them WA read James " htcOmh Riley made
much of " ht- bv his readings Monday that
every body wa DELIGHTED whom u was announced that
he al wOud bo closed with recitation by
him Nr X lev Il a typical Wcstcrn"r I'm appearance
Is smoothly shaven face suggests that Of A. l.. Bur
hank and his thin hair + So ligh I'm color 10 make
him Sc"m had. lie rccltcd with much skin and feeling
his rrc"nily published poem Nothing 10 say" II IS
. tender ard sympathetic piece, and when Mr. Riley
Il sod thcrc few dry among the audience,
who checrcd him with unbOunded hcartucs5.